Arm-chair.



E. P. WANNBR.

ARM CHAIR.

APPLICATION rum) NOV. 2, 1908.

940,995. Patented Nov; 23, 1909.

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ATTORNEY flN lffE D STATES QFFIQE.

EDWIN P. WANNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN P. \VANNER, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York city, borough of Manhattan, and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Arm- Ghairs; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference marked thereon,which forms a part of this specification.

My present invention relates to seating appliances and particularly toarm-chairs.

In my improved arm-chair, which is designed particularly for strengthand stability and to impart an appearance of grace and symmetry, theback and back legs practically form a unitary or continuing struc ture,and, in addition to a peculiar brace which is preferably employed tosecure the lower or back leg part of said structure to the seat, saidstructure is braced above the seat by two bent-wood arms which arerigidly attached to the back-forming part of said structure in the upperpart thereof and to the seat forward of said structure.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved chair; and, Fig. 2 is aside view thereof, on a slightly smaller scale.

a in the drawing represents the seat of the chair, the same being of anysuitable kind and construction; 6 the front legs secured to the underside of the seat in the usual manner; and c the back legs, the samebeing integral with and forming downward extensions of the verticalmembers cl of the back 6. The back and back leg structure, comprisingback legs 0 and the vertical members cl, may be bolted or otherwisesecured to the back of the seat, and it also comprises a brace c rigidlyconnecting the back legs below the seat, a cross-piece f rigidlyconnecting the members (Z above the seat and (preferably) the verticalparallel spindles 9 connecting brace e and cross-piece f.

In order to increase the stability of the chair as a whole, andparticularly as between the seat and the back and front legs, Ipreferably employ a brace of the type illustrated in U. S. Patent No.819,478, to A. Wanner, Jr. This brace, h, is a onepiece structureconnecting and secured to the front legs and having its end-portionsSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 2, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Serial No. 460,718.

arched and secured in their high parts, as at 2', to the under side ofthe seat and at their extremities, as at j, to the back legs.

It should be remarked that the tops of the members cl are cut offsquare, as at 76, and that the ends of the cross-piece f are flushcontinuations of the sides of the said members, as shown in Fig. 1.

The back and back leg structure, braced below the seat by the brace it,is also braced above the seat, so as to be secure against any yieldingrelatively to the seat under such strains as accompany the occupanttilting back of the chair or working it from side to side when so tiltedback, as follows: Z designate the arms of the chair. Each of said armsis preferably a one-piece member of bent-wood of generally flat shapethroughout, except at one end, where its cross-section is substantiallysquare or as thick, approximately, one way as it is the other. From itsthicker end m the member is bent first forwardly at an incline, as at n,then it is bent back in a rather full curve, as at 0,

extending thereupon approximately hori zontally for a suitable distanceto form the arm-rest portion proper, p, of the member, and finally it isbent up and twisted so that its extremity 9 stands in a plane which isabout at an angle of 90 to the plane in which said extremity would standif it were simply bent up without twisting. Each arm, thus formed, hasits end m secured to the side of the seat, as by screws r or the like,and its extremity g resting flat against the upper portion of the backand back leg structure and secured firmly thereto by screws or the like8. The screws 5 are preferably driven into the cross-piece f and mayalso in some instances be driven into the members d, whereby to hold thecross-piece securely in its proper relation to the back and back legstructure, of which it forms a part, as well as to increase thereinforcing action of the arms on the back and back leg structure as awhole.

A chair thus constructed not only presents an attractive and gracefulappearance but is peculiarly proof against weakening at the joints; thearms coact with the brace It to prevent yielding of the back and backleg structure relatively to the seat, due not only to the fact that saidarms brace the back and back leg structure above the seat while the Tsaid arm; the arms further bind the crosspiece against working loose asa part of the back and back leg structure. In addition, owing to thetwisted form of the arms, they respond less readily than they otherwisewould to pressure exerted laterally thereon and such yielding as theymay possess is not such which would be calculated to weaken the oints.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of the seat, the front legs, the back legs, the backand bent arms each rigidly secured to the back and also to the seatforward of the back, each arm being bent from the seat first forwardly,then back in a curve, and then upwardly, the backwardly and upwardlyextending portions of each arm being a continuously flattened parthaving the broad faces of the backwardly extending portion substantiallyhorizontal and its upwardly extending portion twisted relatively to therearwardly extending portion and also having the surface of saidupwardly extending portion which forms a continuation of the undersurface of said rearwardly extending portion lying in contact with theback, substantially as described.-

2. The combination of the seat, the front legs, a unitary back and backleg structure secured to the seat and comprising parts forming the backlegs and vertical back members and a cross-piece connecting said backmembers in the upper part thereof, and generally fiat bent arms eachrigidly secured to the seat forward of said back and back leg structureand against the ends of the cross-piece, each arm being bent from theseat first forwardly, then back in a curve and then upwardly and havingits upwardly extending portion twisted relatively to the remainderdescrlbed.

In testimony, that I clalm the foregoing, I

have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of October, 1908.

EDVIN P. WANNER.

thereof, substantially as lVitnesses CHAs. E. l/VALTER, l/VM. I-I.KUN'rz.

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